Dear Parents,

Many thanks to those of you that attended our “Coffee with the Principal” Zoom meeting last night.  During these uncertain times, communication, compassion and the spirit of working together is more important than ever before.  I remain vigilant in keeping your children and our staff safe as we continue on this ever-changing journey of implementing safety protocols, providing rigorous academic opportunities and modeling our Catholic values.  I encourage you to continue to reach out to me with concerns, recommendations and affirmations of how we are doing. I will definitely pass any kind words on to our teachers.  Please know that a kind word goes a very long way.  Our teachers put in countless hours and we all realize the stress our school families are experiencing as well.  Relying on our faith in God and the support of one another, will get us through this and we will be stronger for it!  A million thanks for your continued patience and support!

Blessings,

Francie Moss

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Hello everyone,

Although we are sad that we are unable to have an in-person book fair this year, we have decided to host an online book fair for the next two weeks.

Please check out the site:

https://www.scholastic.com/bf/stellamarisacademy1

Please know that 25% of your purchases come back to the school in Scholastic Rewards and you can earn free shipping on orders more than $25.

Thanks for taking the time to help our school!

Dear Parents,

As we reach the midway point of another week, we continue to see your children growing in enthusiasm and enjoying their time at school with teachers that truly care for them and work hard each day to promote a rich academic environment where your children can grow and experience academic success.

 I hope these weekly newsletter messages and my weekly videos have been helpful to you by keeping you up-to-date on new protocols or just providing clarification on existing regulations.  It is understandable that you may continue to have questions, especially if you are new to our wonderful school.  Therefore, I will be hosting a Zoom, “Coffee with the Principal” meeting on Tuesday, October 6 from 5:30-6:30 P.M.  I encourage you to email me any topics that you would like covered so I can be prepared and respectful of your time.  As always, my door is always open to meet with you in person if that is your preference.  Communication is the key to a positive, productive home/school relationship.  I remain committed to serving all of our school families through listening, action, and prayer.  We are blessed to be together in this very special place. 

Blessings,

Francie Moss

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Dear Parents,

As we approach the second half of this second full week of in-person learning, thankfully, many things are beginning to fall into place. The children are smiling, laughing, and seem to be genuinely happy. This makes all of our hard work over the summer months well worth the effort.

There were some concerns and suggestions regarding drop-off and pick-up procedures that were shared with me following my Friday video message. I would like to thank those of you that reached out to me in the spirit of working together to find a solution. I want to let you know that I have been monitoring the before and after school carlines this week. So far, they seem to be going fairly well, with a couple hiccups. There has not been any back up on to Torrey Pines Road. This is a good sign. A couple recommendations would definitely help with the traffic flow to the senior yard alley…

1. Please do not make a left turn into the alley from Kline. Waiting to get in the line this way can quickly back up traffic. Instead, please make a right on Torrey Pines and then right on Herschel then proceed to Kline.

2. I have noticed that the final 5 minutes of drop-off and pick-up are fairly light traffic times. If you can schedule dropping off a bit closer to those times, it may help as well.

I will continue to monitor the traffic for the reminder of the week and revisit this in my Friday video message. I am also exploring the possibility of requesting that the entire curb in front of the senior yard be marked as a loading zone just as the junior yard is marked. The parking regulations have not been enforced recently due to the pandemic. I have heard that enforcement will start up again on October 1. This should clear the curb for pick-up in the junior yard.

I attended a Zoom meeting with the San Diego County Office of Education this morning. The protocols have remained relatively unchanged. One change is that if a student has any symptoms that could possibly be related to COVID and they do not see a doctor or get a COVID test, they are now obligated to remain home for 10 days, instead of 14 days after the symptoms have been resolved. We’ll take it!

As always, a million thanks to our amazing teachers, rock star students, and over-the-top supportive parents! We are so blessed to have this wonderful school and each other!

Autumn Blessings,

Francie Moss

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Today, we welcomed our T-K kids to their first day of in-person school! Everyone was excited to learn and we were all equally excited to see their faces in person!

For those of you who have kept up with our waiver process, we have some great news! We have been approved! What does this mean for Stella Maris Academy? We will go through with our re-opening as planned on September 8th for in-person instruction. Should the city of San Diego get itself back on the watchlist and the schools close down again, we have been granted permission to remain open.

Of course, we will continue to maintain all necessary health and sanitation procedures as well as closely monitor the wellbeing of each and every student and staff member at the school. Health and safety is our top priority but so is your child’s education. We are blessed at the school to be part of a team that believes in quality education and are excited to see what this school year has in store for us all!

Please see Mrs. Moss’ weekly video update here for the process in which we will be letting students in by phases. Have a great day!

Please take a minute to review our Reopening Plans for In-Person and Distance Learning (English). You can also check out our Reopening Plans for In-Person and Distance Learning in Spanish.